Quote of the Day: The Benefits of Solid Relationships

“It’s good to have somebody to go to bed with.”

–My boy Matt the Marguerita Maker on the benefits of a good relationship.

If We’re So Rich, Why Are We So Damn Unhappy?

“In some sense, you could say that the years since World War II in America have been a loosely controlled experiment designed to answer this very question. The environmentalist Alan Durning found that in 1991 the average American family owned twice as many cars as it did in 1950, drove 2.5 times as far, used [...]

Africa Round-Up: God’s Children Have Lost Their Way

John Mugabe, pictured.

Zimbabwe
“Pius Ncube, archbishop of the southern Bulawayo diocese, told a news conference Zimbabweans must take to the streets over rights abuses by Mugabe’s government, facing international criticism over a crackdown on the opposition. “The biggest problem with Zimbabweans is they are cowards, myself included, but as for me I am ready to [...]

Guts

A few months ago, we discussed German theologian Deitrich Bonhoffer’s statement that “the call to follow Christ is an invitation to die.” The thread generated interesting commentary about the obligation of Christians not only to fight (non-violently) for just causes, but also the obligation to suffer for the poor.
One of my wife’s good friends, a [...]